Supreme Court To Look At Issue Of Immunity Of Lawmakers If Criminality Attached
NDTV
The bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud commenced hearing to reconsider the top court's 1998 verdict granting MPs and MLAs immunity from prosecution for taking bribes to make a speech or vote in Parliament and state legislatures.
A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court today said it will deal with the issue of whether immunity granted to lawmakers is available if there was criminality attached to their acts.
The bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud commenced hearing to reconsider the top court's 1998 verdict granting MPs and MLAs immunity from prosecution for taking bribes to make a speech or vote in Parliament and state legislatures.
"We have to deal with the immunity as well and decide a narrow issue - can the immunity (to the lawmakers) be attached when there is element of criminality," a constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.
